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69. Section one fourth mile north of SE cor. sec. 19, T. 15 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, buff and brown, thin-bedded, upper part eroded, contains Echinocrinus sp., Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis, Triticites irregularis	3+
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, dense, blocky, contains "worm borings"	1.0
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish-gray and buff, with green clay at top	7.0
		Shale, nodular, ochery, limy, marlite	3.0
		Shale, reddish-maroon and green, argillaceous	16.0
		Shale, covered	5.5
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 31.5 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, drab, mottled, brittle, thin-bedded, wavy, contains Cypridellina sp., Astartella sp., Composita sp., base covered	10+

70. Middle west edge sec. 31, T. 15 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
		Limestone, dark-gray, blocky, fine-grained, mainly covered	2+
Vilas shale:
		Shale, gray and buff, argillaceous	5.5
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, massive, granular, covered	5.5
		Limestone, white above, brown below, thin-bedded, brittle, partly covered	5.5
		Limestone, brown, thin-bedded	4.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, hard, blocky	1.0
		Limestone, white, oolitic, fossiliferous, contains Osagia and cephalopods	5.5
		Limestone, dark gray, contains Osagia	1.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 22.5 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, buff and gray at the top, argillaceous, mostly covered but maroon layer exposed eleven fee from the top, lower part covered	11+

71. At bridge, near the SW cor. sec. 1, T. 16 S., R. 24 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, gray, even-bedded, crystalline, lower part granular, upper part eroded	4+
	Shale, buff, limy, contains numerous gastropods (Island Creek shale?)	2.0
	Limestone, dark gray to drab, upper layer very dark, filled with fragmental shells; irregularly bedded, thin-bedded, finely crystalline	15.0
	Limestone, gray, brittle, shattery, weathers back underneath the more massive ledge above	4.0
	Limestone, gray, massive, irregularly bedded, wavy, base covered	6+

72. About two tenths of a mile east of the MW cor. sec. 5, T. 16 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
		Limestone, dark gray, hard, finely granular, mostly eroded	2+
Vilas shale:
		Shale, brownish to reddish buff, micaceous, very arenaceous	14±
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, brownish, thin-bedded, oolitic layers near the top, partly covered	6.0
		Limestone, gray and buff, massive, irregularly bedded, contains Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis and Marginifera wabashensis	1.5
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, yellowish, nodular, marly, with three inches of dark-gray shale at the middle	1.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, dense, blocky, contains "worm-borings"	1.5
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 10.0 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, green, argillaceous, with a maroon layer below, base covered	6+

73. Near the middle of the east side sec. 26, T. 16 S., R. 21 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Olathe limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, thin-bedded, weathers white, not very fossiliferous, upper part eroded	11+
	Eudora shale member:
		Shale, upper part greenish-gray, argillaceous, thin layer of black platy shale at the middle, lower part covered	11.0
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, massive, even-bedded, fine-grained, contains Enteletes pugnoides and E. hemiplicatus var, plattsburgensis and Triticites n. sp.	5.0
Vilas shale:
		Sandstone, buff, thin-bedded, hard, limy	2.0
		Shale, gray, slightly arenaceous	11.0
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, brown covered	4.5
		Limestone, gray and buff, Composita sp. zone	1.5
		Limestone, drab, oolitic, contains oolitic chert nodules	1.8
		Limestone, brownish, hard, oolitic	1.9
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, drab to whitish, blocky, oolitic, Osagia zone, fossiliferous	1.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 10.7 feet)
Bonner Springs shale.

74. Just north of the SE cor. sec. 2, T. 17 S., R. 21 E.			Feet
Vilas shale.
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, brittle, thin-bedded, wavy, some oolitic layers near the top	6.0
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, yellowish-brown, limy	4.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, brittle, blocky	1.5
		Limestone, gray, brittle, hard, zone of Composita sp. at the base	1.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 12.5 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous, thin layer of maroon clay below, bottom part covered	5+

75. NE cor. sec. 13, T. 17 S., R. 21 E.			Feet
Vilas shale:
		Shale, grayish, arenaceous, mostly covered, about	20+
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone and Hickory Creek shale members:
		Limestone, brownish and gray, thin-bedded, mostly covered, contains Echinocrinus sp. and Fustulipora sp.	7.0
		Limestone, yellowish-brown, shaly, grading above into harder limestone	3.5
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, blocky, hard, "worm-borings"	1.0
		Shale, gray, limy	0.2
		Limestone, drab, full of fragmental fossils	0.7
		Limestone, gray, hard, blocky, has a zone of Composita sp. at the base	1.2
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 13.6 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	6.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous	10.0
		Sandstone, brown, micaceous, contains fossil plant material	0.3
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous	5.5
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 22.8 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, gray and white, upper part somewhat pinkish, overlain by a drab, suboolitic layer; bottom part covered	3+

76. About two tenths of a mile north of the SW cor. sec. 4, T. 17 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Olathe limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, crystalline, thin-bedded, wavy, uniform, upper part eroded	8+
	Eudora shale member:
		Shale, buff and gray, argillaceous	5±
		Shale, black, fissile	0.5
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, pink and blue at the top, "brecciated," hard, lower part covered

77. About three tenths of a mile west of the center of the east edge sec. 11, T. 18 S., R. 21 E.		Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Limestone, mostly covered, upper part eroded, contains abundant chert nodules and silicified specimens of Heliospongia ramosa?, basal beds blocky, suboolitic, upper part eroded	10+
Bonner Springs shale:
	Shale, greenish-buff, argilaceous with small irregular limestone nodules, mostly covered	21.0
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, gray and whitish, weathers buff and brown, irregularly bedded, massive at the base, contains Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis and Dielasma bovidens, cherty at the top	21.5
Lane shale:
	Shale and sandstone, buff, covered

78. About a quarter of a mile west of the center east edge sec. 23, T. 18 S., R. 21 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
		Limestone, upper part covered, lower two feet (Paola) dark bluish-gray above and purplish below, dense, brittle, blocky, contains "worm-borings" and "marklets"	4+
Chanute shale:
		Shale, buff and arenaceous above, greenish and argillaceous below	7.5
		Shale, buff, limy, contains small yellowish limestone nodules	5.5
(Total Chanute shale, 13.0 feet)
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, greenish-drab, weathers thin-bedded, small fragments of crinoid stems	3.0
Quivira shale:
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous, base covered	8+
Lane shale.
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, weathers buff to brown in the upper part, crystalline, sugary, even-bedded, in beds eight inches thick, veined, contains Marginifera splendens and a few Osagia in a layer near the top	10+
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, contains abundant dark-gray phosphatic nodules, some Chonetes sp.	0.7
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, brittle, blocky, contains "worm-borings" at top, "marklets" abundant, hummocky at the top	2.5
(Total Iola limestone, 132±)

79. At NE cor. sec. 24, T. 16 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Chanute shale:
		Shale, gray and buff, arenaceous, papery, lower part not exposed	20+

80. Along railroad track, near center sec. 33, T. 16 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, brownish, even-bedded, weathered	4+
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, contains gray phosphatic concretions	0.3
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, lithographic, brittle, blocky, contains "worm-borings" at the upper part, and "marklets," top hummocky	2.5
Chanute shale:
		Shale, bluish-gray, arenaceous and micaceous	20.0
		Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.5
		Shale, arenaceous, hard, buff, base covered	5+

81. Railroad cut near the center of north edge sec. 33, T. 16 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Chanute shale:
	Sandstone, buff and gray, upper part eroded, thin-bedded, soft (Cottage Grove)	8+
	Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.3
	Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous	8.0
	Shale, maroon, argillaceous	2.0
	Shale, covered	11.0
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, drab, massive, base covered	2+

82. At SE cor. sec. 34, T. 16 S., R. 22 E., road cut			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, tan, shaly, nodular, very soft, upper part eroded	2+
		Limestone, gray, hard	0.7
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, dark-greenish, slightly carbonaceous	1.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, massive, hard, Osagia abundant	3.0
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, buff, limy	1.0
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	4.0
		Shale, maroon and yellow, argillaceous	0.5
		Shale, greenish-yellow, limy, nodular	1.0
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	4.0
		Sandstone, buff, soft, massive	5.5
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 16.0 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, pinkish and blue at the top, irregularly bedded, massive, slightly ferruginous, lower part covered	5+

83. About two tenths of a mile south. of NE cor. sec. 22, T. 15 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, drab and brown, oolitic zone near the top	10+
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, tan, limy, nodular	1.5
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, even-bedded, oolitic, Osagia zone	4.0
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous. with small limestone nodules	6.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous, with vertical streaks of yellowish clay	1.5
		Shale, olive-green, argillaceous	6.0
		Sandstone, buff, micaceous	11.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 24.5 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, bluish and pink at the top, massive, dense, only the top exposed

84. About four fifths of a mile south of NE cor. sec. 22, T. 15 S., R. 22 E.		Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Limestone, upper part eroded, drab, blocky, contains large numbers of Osagia	2+
Bonner Springs shale:
	Shale, greenish, argillaceous, with small limestone nodules	3.0
	Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.5
	Shale, green, small limestone nodules	5.0
	Shale and sandstone, buff	10.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 19.5 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, pinkish and blue at the top; mostly massive, irregularly bedded, weathers buff, cherty; lower stratum brown, soft, pitted, nodular, contains Echinoconchus semipunctatus and pitted, nodular, contains Echinoconchus semipunctata and Composita sp.	12±
Lane shale:
	Shale, covered	18+

85. SE cor. sec. 27, T. 16 S., R. 22 E., composite section			Feet
Vilas shale:
		Shale, brown and buff, arenaceous, upper part eroded	15+
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, oolitic near the top, with bed of Composita sp.; cherty and thin-bedded near the middle, with Triticites irregularis, Heliospongia ramosa, poorly exposed	13+
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, tan, limy, nodular	1.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, blocky, fine-grained, contains "worm-borings" at the top	1.0
		Limestone, buff and gray, thin-bedded, arenaceous below, grading upward into an Osagia bed	4.0
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	5.5
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, bluish and pink at the top, sugary; massive, whitish, irregularly bedded, and at the bottom ferruginous	14±
Lane shale:
		Shale, gray and buff, argillaceous, streaked by thin, hard, and brown ferruginous laminae	7.0
		Sandstone, buff, soft	1.0
		Shale, buff, sandy	13.0
		Sandstone, buff, soft, micaceous	2.0
		Shale, buff, sandy, lower part covered	15+

86. Near the center south side sec. 27, T. 16 S., R. 21 E., road cut			Feet
Stanton limestone:
		Limestone, whitish, poorly exposed
Vilas shale:
		Shale, brown, arenaceous, micaceous	20±
		Sandstone, hard, gray, blocky	1.0
		Shale, reddish-brown, arenaceous	5.0
		Limestone, dark gray, granular, thin-bedded	1.0
		Shale, green, argillaceous	4.5
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, massive, rather even-bedded, some oolitic layers near the top, contains Naticopsis altonensis, Pithodea broadheadi, Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis, and others	8.0
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, tan, limy, nodular	4.5
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, cross-bedded, oolitic, contains much fragmental fossil material	8.0
		Limestone, gray, blocky, contains a zone of Composita sp. and Myalina ampla	1.5
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 22.0 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous with a carbonaceous streak near the middle	5.0
		Limestone, buff, nodular, "marlite"	0.2
		Shale, greenish and maroon, argillaceous	1.5
		Limestone, buff, nodular, "marlite"	0.2
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, greenish, bottom part covered	6+

87. Near SW cor. sec. 30, T. 16 S., R. 22 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, white, massive, irregularly bedded, weathers into thin laminae in places and where more massive becomes pitted with ferruginous spots	7+
	Limestone, gray, weathers buff, oolitic, even, massive, not fossiliferous	4.0
Lane shale:
	Shale, gray and buff, arenaceous, lower part covered, upper part with thin streaks of hard, flaky limonite	45+

88. Composite section, from center south. side sec. 7 to center of the SW quarter sec. 8, T. 16 S., R. 23 E, along road			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, upper part covered, middle part yellowish-buff, soft, thin-bedded, has Triticites irregularis, Hustedia mormoni, and Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis	4+
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, ton, limy	1±
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, blocky, Osagia zone	2±
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish, with a maroon streak at the bottom, poorly exposed	6.5
		Sandstone and shale, gray, micaceous	5.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 11.5 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, gray, at the top bluish and pinkish, irregularly bedded, massive; fine-grained, brittle, thin-bedded below	15.5
Lane shale:
		Shale, gray, arenaceous, streaked with thin sheets of interbedded limonite	22.0
		Sandstone, ferruginous, buff, micaceous, soft, with limonite concretions	27.0
		Shale, gray and buff, blocky, arenaceous and micaceous, lower part covered	16.0
		Shale, covered	40.0
Iola limestone:
(Total Lane shale, 105± feet)
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, even-bedded, sugary-texture, fossiliferous	10.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, contains phosphatic nodules	0.7
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, brittle, blocky, "worm-borings" at the top, abundant "marklets"	2.5
(Total Iola limestone, 13.2 feet)
Chanute shale.

89. About one tenth of a mile north of center of the east side of the SE one fourth sec. 8, T. 16 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
		Limestone remnant, whitish, contains Triticites sp.
Vilas shale:
		Shale, gray, arenaceous	10.0
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, hard, even-bedded, with Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis and Marginifera sp.	5.0
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, tan, limy, nodular, with crinoid stems	5.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray,"worm-borings" at the top, blocky, brittle	1.3
		Limestone, gray, granular, contains Osagia	0.2
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 11.5 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous, mostly covered

90. At the SE cor. sec. 8, T. 16 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
		Limestone, dark gray and pinkish, even-bedded, sugary, contains Enteletes pugnoides, Heliospongia ramosa, Trachydoma wheeleri?, Triticites n. sp., upper part eroded	5+
Vilas shale:
		Shale, covered	9±
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, tan and whitish, even-bedded, contains Triticites irregularis, large productids, Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis	5±
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, tan, limy, nodular	5.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, blocky, even, upper layer brittle, dark gray, contains "worm-borings," lower layer gray, zone of Osagia	1.2
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 11.2± feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous, some sand	6.0
		Shale, maroon and yellow clay	2.0
		Shale, olive-green, argillaceous	8.0
		Sandstone, cross-bedded, soft, buff	7.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 23.0 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, bluish-gray and pink, massive, irregularly bedded, veined, fine-grained	7+

91. About one fourth mile east of the SE cor. sec. 8, T. 16 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Limestone, upper part covered, Osagia bed drab, thin-bedded, about three feet, with an eight-inch bed full of Composita sp, and Myalina ampla	10+
Bonner Springs shale:
	Shale, buff, argillaceous	5.0
	Sandstone, buff, soft	1.0
	Shale, dark-greenish, argillaceous	4.0
	Shale, maroon, argillaceous, overlain by a thin layer of brown, marly shale	1.0
	Shale, olive-green, with a thin layer of maroon clay at the middle, argillaceous	4.5
	Sandstone, buff, cross-bedded, soft, micaceous, contains a few poorly preserved plants	9.0
	Shale, olive-green, argillaceous	2.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 26.5 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, whitish, irregularly bedded, crystalline, pink and blue at the top surface, lower part not exposed

92. Near the center of the SW one fourth sec. 22, T. 16 S., R 23 E.		Feet
Iola limestone:
	Limestone, light-gray, remnant
Chanute shale:
	Sandstone, brown, thin-bedded	1.0
	Shale, dark greenish-gray, argillaceous	2.0
	Marlite, nodular, yellowish, spongy	0.7
	Shale, greenish-gray, micaceous, arenaceous, papery	11.0
(Total Chanute shale, 14.7 feet)
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, buff, with a faint greenish tint, ferruginous, massive, in one layer, contains numerous small crinoid segments, also Spirifer dunbari, Chonetes sp., Marginifera splendens	2.8
Quivira shale:
	Shale, greenish, argillaceous, with a thin layer of carbonaceous shale at the top, lower part covered

93. Center of the east edge of sec. 31, T. 16 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish to gray, even-bedded, weathers in thin beds, crystalline, sugary-texture, contains Echinoconchus semipunctata, Dictyoclostus americanus, and Marginifera splendens	6±
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, with black phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, even, blocky, "worm-borings" at the top, "marklets" abundant	2.5
(Total Iola limestone, 8.7± feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, argillaceous, gray, base covered	21+

94. South of the center sec. 32, T. 16 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, mostly eroded, sugary
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, has gray phosphatic concretions	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, dense, brittle, blocky, "worm-borings" at the top, abundant "marklets"	3.0
Chanute shale:
		Shale, buff and gray, arenaceous, with ferruginous material filling joint openings	16.0
		Sandstone, buff, thin-bedded, soft	3.0
		Shale, gray, arenaceous, contains a few gastropods, Worthenia tabulata?	1.0
		Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.2
		Shale, argillaceous, greenish with small limestone nodules, lower part covered	16.0
Drum limestone:
(Total Chanute shale, 36.2 feet)
		Limestone, light brown, massive, weathers in thin laminae, crinoid segments	3.0
Quivira shale.

95. Along the east edge of the SE one fourth sec. 22, T. 16 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, pinkish and brown, sugary, hard, irregularly bedded, cherty, contains Wellerella osagensis and Dictyoclostus americanus, mostly eroded	5+
Lane shale:
		Shale and sandstone, buff, gray, and greenish, not well exposed	83±
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, even-bedded, sugary, contains large productids	7.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, has phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish, lithographic, "worm borings" at the top, numerous "marklets," base covered	1+

96. Just west of the center of the east edge sec. 22, T. 16 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Lane shale.
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, sugary, even-bedded, blocky, contains large productids	7.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, with dark gray phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish, dense, blocky, "worm-borings" at the top, "marklets" abundant	2.5
(Total Iola limestone, 9.7 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, greenish, with papery limonite laminae, arenaceous above, argillaceous below, chiefly covered	20+

97. At highway bridge, center of the south. edge sec. 15, T. 16 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, even-bedded, sugary, blocky, upper part eroded	4+
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, with black phosphatic nodules	0.7
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, lithographic, blocky, brittle, upper part with "worm-borings," "marklets" abundant	2.5
Chanute shale:
		Shale, gray, arenaceous and micaceous, with papery ferruginous laminae near the top	9.0
		Sandstone, buff and gray, ripple-marked, soft, even-bedded	4.0
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous, with small calcareous concretions, poorly exposed	16.0
(Total Chanute shale, 29.0 feet)
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, brown, ferruginous, massive, weathers in thin laminae, base covered	2+

98. At NE cor. of SW one fourth sec. 9, T. 17 S., R. 23 E., composite section from railroad cut to top of shale quarry, at Paola, Kansas; type exposure of Paola limestone.			Feet
Lane shale:
		Shale, gray and grayish-buff, blocky, somewhat arenaceous, more argillaceous toward the top where papery limonite laminae occur parallel to the bedding, top covered	68+
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, light gray, even-bedded in beds about a foot thick, crystalline, sugary, very fossiliferous, Cypridellina sp., Dictyoclostus portlockianus var. crassicostatus, Dielasma bovidens, Cancrinella boonensis, Chonetes granulifer?, Chonetes sp., Heliospongia ramosa, etc.	6.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, with black, phosphatic nodules	0.4
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark bluish-gray, dense, brittle, blocky, "worm-borings" at top, "marklets" numerous	1.5
(Total Iola limestone, 7.9 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.2
		Shale, dark olive-green, argillaceous, poorly stratified	5.5
		Limestone, brown, nodular, impure, "marlite"	1.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	1.0
		Limestone, brown, nodular, "marlite"	1+
		Shale, covered	6.0
Drum limestone:
(Total Chanute shale, 15.7 feet)
		Limestone, buff, ferruginous, massive, has numerous small crinoid segments	2.5
Wea-Quivira shale:
		Shale, covered	34±
Block limestone:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, fine-grained, blocky, brittle, exposed in the creek bed.

99. At the center of the west edge sec. 21, T. 17 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Iola limestone:
	Limestone, upper part eroded, lower part dense, bluish-gray, has "worm-borings" and numerous "marklets"	1.5
Chanute shale:
	Shale, dark olive-green, small calcareous nodules	1.0
	Shale, maroon, argillaceous	0.8
	Shale, greenish-buff, marly	3.0
	Shale, buff, arenaceous	5.0
(Total Chanute shale, 9.8 feet)
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, brown, ferruginous, massive, in one layer, has small crinoid segments	3.0
Wea-Quivira shale:
	Shale, greenish, argillaceous, mostly covered	25+

100. About one fourth of a mile east of the SW cor, sec. 26, T. 17 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, crystalline, veined, sugary, even-bedded, has Marginifera splendens and large productids	7.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, limy, has black phosphatic nodules	0.4
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, lithographic, brittle, blocky	0.8
(Total Iola limestone, 82 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, buff, arenaceous	0.2
		Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.7
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, underclay	2+

101. SW cor. sec. 35, T. 17 S., R. 22 E.		Feet
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, greenish-buff, weathers thin-bedded, has Composita sp. and Osagia at the top, small crinoid segments abundant	3+
Wea-Quivira shale:
	Shale, variegated greenish and maroon, some ferruginous layers with plant fossils, lower part covered	39+
Block limestone:
	Limestone, dark gray, granular, blocky, brittle, just exposed in the creek

102. SW cor. sec. 35, T. 17 S., R. 22 E.		Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Limestone, upper part eroded, lower stratum drab, blocky, one foot thick, has abundant Osagia	9+
Bonner Springs shale:
	Shale, greenish-buff, argillaceous, has small calcareous nodules	5.5
	Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.5
	Shale, buff, limy	0.5
	Shale, olive-green, argillaceous	11.0
	Sandstone, buff, and shale, gray, below	5.5
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 24.4 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, upper part whitish, irregularly bedded, cherty, with a dark granular layer at the top, lower third ferruginous, brown, shattery	14.0
Lane shale:
	Shale, gray and buff, argillaceous, some sandy material, lower part covered	15+

103. At NW cor. sec. 19, T. 17 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, upper part eroded, gray, even-bedded, hard, finegrained, has Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis	3+
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Limestone, tan, nodular, shaly	2.0
		Shale, gray, and yellow, argillaceous	0.3
		Limestone, tan, shaly, nodular	1.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, fine-grained, blocky, has "worm-borings" at the top	1.0
		Limestone, drab, oolitic, has Osagia	1.2
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous, with small calcareous nodules	6.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous

104. About two tenths of a mile west of northeast cor. sec. 13, T. 17 S., R. 22 E.		Feet
Bonner Springs shale.
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, whitish, stained brown and buff, irregularly bedded, crystalline near the top, cherty, has Heliospongia ramosa	11.0
	Limestone, brown, ferruginous, massive, has zone of large productids	2.0
	Limestone, drab, sub oolitic	1.0
(Total Wyandotte limestone, 14.0 feet)
Lane shale:
	Shale, gray, slightly arenaceous	22.0
	Sandstone and shale, buff and gray	4.0
	Sandstone, buff, with limonite concretions and plant fossils	3+

105. At the center of the west edge of sec. 19, T. 17 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill and Hickory Creek members:
		Limestone, white, hard, with a layer of yellowish, shaly, nodular limestone below, mostly eroded	5+
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, blocky, fine-grained, has "worm-borings" at the top	1.5
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, olive-green, argillaceous, with small calcareous nodules	6.5
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	5.5
		Sandstone and shale, buff	5.5
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 18.5 feet)
Wyandotte limestone.

106. At the center of sec. 9, T. 18 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, upper part eroded, whitish and buff, even-bedded, sugary, has large productids and Marginifera splendens	6+
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, buff, limy, has phosphatic nodules	0.3
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, lithographic, has Heterocoelia beedei, "marklets," and "worm-borings"	0.7
		Limestone, bluish-gray, brittle, fine-grained	1.5
Chanute shale:
		Shale, buff, with a greenish tint, limy, with small calcareous nodules, rather poorly exposed	9.0
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, buff, with a greenish tint, massive, has two inches of shale a third from the base, Osagia at the top, small crinoid segments	5±
Wea-Quivira:
		Shale, greenish-gray and maroon, argillaceous, mostly covered	10+

107. About one fourth of a mile west of the center sec. 13, T. 18 S., R. 21 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, upper surface eroded, gray, even-bedded, fine-grained, crystalline, weathers buff. has a zone of Dictyoclostus portlockianus var. crassicostatus at the top, Marginifera splendens	11+
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, covered, with phosphatic nodules	0.4
		Limestone, bluish-gray, lithographic, "worm-borings," "marklets" and Heterocoelia beedei, upper surface humocky	0.7
		Limestone, dark gray, brittle	2.0
Chanute shale.

108. About one fourth of a mile south. of northeast cor. sec. 18, T. 18 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Lane shale.
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray to whitish, massive, even-bedded, brittle, weathers into small angular fragments, contains large productids, Spirifer dunbari, Marginifera splendens, etc.	12.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, has phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, upper half lithographic, with "marklets," "worm-borings," and Heterocoelia beedei; upper surface hummocky, lower part granular	2.2
(Total Iola limestone, 14.4 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, greenish, some maroon streaks, argillaceous, mostly covered	8+

109. Road cut center sec. 20, T. 18 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, crystalline, poorly exposed	10+
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, covered	0.3
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, lithographic, "worm-borings," "marklets," Heterocoelia beedei	1.5
Chanute shale:
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous, has small calcareous nodules	9.5
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, drab to buff, granular, cross-bedded with thin beds, has numerous small crinoid segments	4+
Wea-Quivira:
		Shale, covered	16+

110. SW cor. sec. 20, T. 18 S., R. 22 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, buff and white, crystalline, irregularly bedded, large chert nodules, has Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis	5+
Lane shale:
	Shale, upper part gray and buff, arenaceous, with ferruginous laminae near the top, lower two-third greenish-gray, argillaceous	100+
Iola limestone:
	Limestone, gray, sugary, even-bedded, veined, has numerous large brachiopods, base covered	14+

111. About one fourth of a mile south. of the NE cor. sec. 34, T. 18 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, buff to gray, even-bedded, blocky, fine-grained, has Marginifera splendens and large productids	7+
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, has phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, upper six inches lithographic, with "worm-borings" and "marklets"; lower part fine-grained	3.5
Chanute shale:
		Shale, gray, calcareous, sandy, thin knife-edge of coal near the top, lower part not exposed	6+

112. SE cor. sec. 15, T. 17 S., R. 22 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, whitish and buff, cherty, irregularly bedded, has Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis, partly eroded	10+
Lane shale:
	Shale and sandstone, buff, mostly covered	106±
Iola limestone:

113. At the east side of the SE one fourth sec. 4, T. 17 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone.
Vilas shale:
		Shale and sandstone, gray and buff	16.0
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill and Hickory Creek members:
		Limestone, mostly covered, brown and gray, with a tan nodular layer at the base	12.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, blocky, even, "worm-borings" at the top, Osagia zone below	2.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 14.0 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, dark olive-green, argillaceous, with small calcareous nodules	5.0
		Limestone, nodular, yellowish, shaly, "marlite"	0.5
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, covered	16.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 22.5 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, buff, cherty, poorly exposed, irregularly bedded	12.0
Lane shale:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, with thin ferruginous laminae, slightly arenaceous	10.0
		Shale, buff, arenaceous	5.0
		Sandstone and shale, buff	6.0
		Shale, covered, to creek bed	22+

114. About one fourth of a mile south of the NE cor. sec. 4, T. 17 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Limestone, mostly eroded, tan, shaly, nodular	3+
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, fine-grained, blocky, "worm-borings" at the top	1.0
		Limestone, drab, blocky, Osagia abundant	1.5
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish-buff, arenaceous	2.0
		Shale, olive-green, argillaceous	3.0
		Shale, olive-green, argillaceous, with small calcareous nodules	4.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	0.3
		Shale, light-greenish, argillaceous	2.0
		Sandstone and sandy shale, ripple-marked and cross-bedded	10.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 21.3 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, whitish and buff, hard

115. Just south of NE cor. sec. 8, T. 17 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, thin-bedded, arenaceous toward the base, sugary, upper part eroded, poorly exposed	10+
Vilas shale:
		Shale, gray, arenaceous	11.0
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, drab and buff, massive at the top and more thin-bedded at the middle, not well exposed, has spines of Echinocrinus sp. at the top and Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis	10+
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, tan, nodular, limy	2.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, oolitic, cross-bedded, Osagia zone	5.5
(Total Plattsburg limestone 17.5± feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish-gray, arenaceous	6.5
		Shale, buff, nodular, limy, "marlite"	0.2
		Shale, variegated, maroon, yellow and green, argillaceous	4.0
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	5.5
		Shale and sandstone, greenish-buff

116. Just north of the center of the west edge sec. 12, T. 17 S., R. 21 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, drab and buff, sugary, brown chert nodules, thin-bedded, has Triticites n. sp, and Enteletes pugnoides, upper part eroded	7+
Vilas shale:
		Shale, gray-buff, arenaceous, micaceous	27.0
Plattsburg limestone:
		Limestone, drab, massive, has echinoid spines, only the upper surface exposed

117. At the east side of the NE one fourth sec. 15, T. 19 S., R. 22 E.		Feet
Iola limestone.
Chanute shale:
	Sandstone and sandy shale, buff, micaceous	25±
	Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.5
	Shale, dark greenish-gray, argillaceous	3.0
	Shale, greenish, argillaceous, with small calcareous nodules	8.0
(Total Chanute shale, 36.5 feet)
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, greenish-drab, thin-bedded, has numerous small crinoid segments, granular, poorly exposed	2±
Wea-Quivira shale:
	Shale, gray and greenish, argillaceous, with layer of maroon shale, poorly exposed	6.0
	Shale, greenish-buff, limy, with thin ferruginous laminae	11.0
	Shale, covered	27.0
(Total Wea-Quivira shale, 44.0 feet)
Block limestone:
	Limestone, dark gray, brittle, even-bedded, blocky, fine-grained	3.0
Fontana shale:
	Shale, gray, argillaceous	10±

118. At NW cor. sec. 16, T. 19 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, covered	6+
		Limestone, gray, veined, even-bedded	2.5
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale; gray, with phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, even, blocky, "worm-borings" obscure at top, fine-grained	2.5
Chanute shale:
		Sandstone and shale, buff and gray	30±
		Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.2
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, covered

119. Just south of the NW cor. sec. 13, T. 19 S., R. 21 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, whitish and buff near the top, brown and ferruginous near the bottom, irregularly bedded, crystalline, thin-bedded, contains Lophophyllum profundum, Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis, Triticites irregularis, Squamularia perplexa, etc.	20+
Lane shale:
	Shale, greenish-buff and gray, arenaceous, lower part not exposed	15+

120. About one fourth of a mile west of center west edge sec. 18, T. 19 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Wea-Quivira shale.
Block limestone:
		Limestone, dark gray, blocky, fine-grained, even-bedded, brittle, Triticites sp., Marginifera wabashensis, bryozans	8.0
Fontana shale:
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous, has small calcareous nodules	12.0
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, drab and gray except at top where.it is nearly black; fine-grained to dense, brittle, cherty, thin-bedded, even; has zone of Triticites irregularis, large variety of Composita, Derbya crassa, Echinoconchus semipunctata and Juresania nebraskensis at the top; base covered	18+

121. SW cor. sec. 3, T. 19 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, light gray, thin-bedded, even, dense, brittle, upper stratum nearly black, dark-gray and black chert nodules numerous in the upper half, thin layer of oolite below the middle, underlain by a layer of dense light-gray siliceous rock with silicified pleurotomarids (Hypselentoma perhumerosa) ; lower part granular, crystalline, and veined; not very well exposed	30+
Galesburg-Stark interval:
		Shale, covered, contains some black platy layers	11.0
Swope limestone:
	Bethany Falls limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, massive, cross-bedded, oolitic, weathers in large, rounded pitted masses, lower part covered	10+

122. At the west edge of the NE one fourth sec. 10, T. 19 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Fontana shale.
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, black and dark gray, even-bedded, fine-grained, contains Triticites irregularis, large Composita, Derbya crassa	5.5
		Limestone, gray, fine-grained, thin-bedded, even, contains small nodules of black and gray chert	5.5
		Limestone, gray, fine-grained, thin-bedded, even, with black and gray chert nodules, thin layer of oolite at the top	11.0
		Limestone, drab, heavy-bedded, even, crystalline	5.5
(Total Winterset limestone member, 27.5 feet)
Galesburg-Stark interval:
		Shale, covered	7±
Swope limestone:
	Bethany Falls limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, cross-bedded, oolitic, very massive, weathers in pitted rounded masses	13±
		Limestone, gray to bluish, soft, thin-bedded, even, a few light-gray, chert nodules	14.0
	Hushpuckney shale member:
		Shale, covered, has a layer of black platy shale	4±
	Middle Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, lithographic, blocky	0.4
		Shale, buff, calcareous, with ramose bryozoans	0.4
		Limestone, bluish-gray, lithographic, blocky	1.5
(Total Middle Creek limestone member, 2.3 feet)
Ladore shale:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, platy, thin limestone layer at the middle	3.2
		Limestone, gray, soft, argillaceous	0.4
		Shale, greenish-buff, limy	2.0
(Total Ladore shale, 5.6 feet)
Sniabar limestone:
		Limestone, brown, soft, massive, mostly covered

123. Railroad cut, near center south edge of NW one fourth sec. 12, T. 19 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, hard, veined, mostly eroded, about	3+
	Shark shale member:
		Shale, buff, argillaceous and limy, with a thin layer of black, platy shale at the base	6.0
Galesburg shale:
		Shale, buff, limy	3.5
Swope limestone:
	Bethany Falls limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, cross-bedded, oolitic, upper part nodular, shaly and irregular, purplish; has calcite-lined vertical cylindrical cavities, iron-stained, and measuring as much as two inches across by three feet long	5.5
		Limestone, gray, thin-bedded, even, fine-grained, a small amount of white and gray chert, has many large productids, Meekella striatocostata, Derbya crassa, Triticites irregularis, etc.	4+

124. Center north edge of sec. 13, T. 19 S., R. 23 E., railroad cut			Feet
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, buff and gray, veined, blocky	3+
	Stark shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous above, thin layer of carbonaceous shale at the base	5.5
Galesburg shale:
		Shale, buff, limy	4.5
Swope limestone:
	Bethany Falls limestone member:
		Limestone, drab at top, and oolitic with nodular layer above	3±
		Limestone, gray, fossiliferous, even-bedded, cherty, thin-bedded, some buff shaly partings below	10.0
(Total Bethany Falls limestone member, 13.0± feet)
	Hushpuckney shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, with a black platy layer at the middle	4.0
	Middle Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish, dense, lithographic, blocky, in two layers	2.0
Ladore shale:
		Shale, covered, about	5±
Sniabar limestone:
		Limestone, brown, ferruginous, massive, poorly exposed	6±

125. Center of the west edge of sec. 13, T. 19 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Swope limestone:
	Bethany Falls limestone member:
		Limestone, white, cherty, makes bench
	Hushpuckney shale member:
		Shale, covered, to top of B. F. bench	14±
	Middle Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, lithographic, blocky, in two layers	2.0
Ladore shale:
		Shale, covered, to top of limestone above	11±
Sniabar limestone:
		Limestone, ferruginous, brown, massive, base covered
Bourbon shale:
		Shale, covered, to top of Sniabar	10.0
		Limestone, tan, nodular, ferruginous	2.0
		Shale, greenish-buff, arenaceous, limy and nodular at the top	31.0
		Sandstone, olive-gray, micaceous, lower part not exposed	5+

126. At road intersection just east of the middle of the west edge of the NE one fourth sec. 36, T. 18 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Galesburg shale.
Swope limestone:
	Bethany Falls limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, oolitic, cross-bedded, weathers in large pitted and rounded masses, unfossiliferous	7.0
		Limestone, gray, even-bedded, thin-bedded, contains Dictyoclostus portlockianus var. crassicostatus and Triticites irregularis	11.0
		Shale, buff, limy, fossiliferous	0.5
		Limestone, dark gray, fine-grained	0.7
		Shale, buff, limy	0.2
		Limestone, gray, hard, fine-grained	2.0
(Total Bethany Falls limestone member, 21.4 feet)
	Hushpuckney shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous above, lower half black, platy	4.5
	Middle Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, lithographic, blocky, weathers whitish	2.1
Ladore shale:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, lower part covered	5+

127. Near center west edge of NW one fourth sec. 36, T. 18 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Block limestone:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, fine-grained, even, thin-bedded, blocky, upper part eroded	3+
Fontana shale:
		Shale, olive-green, argillaceous, with a few small calcareous nodules	18±
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, black and dark gray, brittle, fine-grained, zone of Triticites irregularis, Derbya crassa, Juresania nebraskensis, and a giant variety of Composita; only the upper part exposed

128. Just west of the SE cor. sec. 1, T. 18 S., R. 22 E.		Feet
Chanute shale.
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, greenish-buff, ferruginous, weathers brown and thin-bedded, has a large number of small crinoid segments	2.5
Wea-Quivira shale:
	Shale, buff, argillaceous	1.0
	Shale, black, carbonaceous, fissile	1.0
	Shale, covered	32.0
Block limestone:
	Limestone, dark gray, even, thin-bedded, fossiliferous, only upper surface exposed

129. Just west of the center of the east edge sec. 12, T. 18 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Chanute shale:
		Shale, upper part eroded, greenish-buff, limy	8+
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, greenish-buff, and interbedded shale, thin-bedded, has a few Osagia, granular	2.5
		Limestone, brown, drab where fresh, fine-grained, massive, in one layer, a few small crinoid segments	3.5
(Total Drum limestone, 6.0 feet)
Quivira shale:
		Shale, buff, limy	0.4
		Shale, olive-buff, blocky, argillaceous	1.4
		Shale, black, carbonaceous, blocky, contains orbiculoids in unusual abundance	1.0
		Shale, black, fissile, hard	1.8
(Total Quivira shale, 4.6 feet)
Wea shale:
		Shale, buff and gray, argillaceous	4.0
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, hard, with a layer of pyritiferous nodules at the top, lower part covered	16.0
(Total Wea shale, 20.0 feet)
Block limestone:
		Limestone, forms bench, covered
Fontana shale:
		Shale, covered, to top of Block limestone	17±
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, poorly exposed, drab to gray, rather thick-bedded, even, has Triticites irregularis, only upper part exposed

130. At bridge, center east side sec. 17, T. 18 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Winterset limestone:
	Limestone, light-gray, cherty, weathered remnant
Galesburg-Stark interval:
	Shale, gray, argillaceous above, and black, fissile below the middle; due to slumping the thickness cannot be measured, estimated at	9±
Bethany Falls limestone:
	Limestone, drab, oolitic, cross-bedded, very massive, weathers in great blocks, pitted, lower part not exposed	12+

131. About one fourth mile west of the center of the east side sec. 20, T. 18 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Chanute shale:
	Shale, buff, platy, arenaceous, upper part eroded	6+
	Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.2
	Shale, gray, underclay	0.5
	Shale, olive-buff, argillaceous, lower part nodular and limy	16.0
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, drab with a faint greenish tint, weathers brown, fine-grained, massive, has numerous small crinoid segments	2.0
Quivira shale:
	Shale, olive-green, argillaceous	3.0
	Shale, block, carbonaceous, blocky	1.0
(Total Quivira shale, 4.0 feet)
Wea shale:
	Shale, buff, and olive, argillaceous, layer of limonite concretions about five feet from the top	28.0
Block limestone:
	Limestone, dark gray, thin-bedded, even, some thin, limy shale partings, not very fossiliferous, base covered	3+

132. About one fourth of a mile north of SW cor. sec. 25, T. 18 S., R. 22 E.		Feet
Iola limestone.
Chanute shale:
	Shale, buff and gray, arenaceous	5.0
	Coal, soft, impure	0.05
	Shale, buff and gray, arenaceous, platy, has some plant fragments	15.0
	Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.2
	Shale, dark gray, underclay	6.0
	Shale, buff, ferruginous and limy, nodular	5.0
(Total Chanute shale, 3125 feet)
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, greenish, and thin beds of arenaceous shale	2.0
	Limestone, greenish-gray, massive, in one bed, has numerous small crinoid segments, also Heliospongia ramosa	2.0
(Total Drum limestone, 4.0 feet)
Wea-Quivira interval:
	Shale, mostly covered, with a thin layer of black, carbonaceous shale at the top, base covered	22+

133. About one fourth mile south. of NE cor. sec. 35, T. 18 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, thin-boded, even, sugary, contains large productids, upper surface eroded, overlain by residual chert cobbles	6+
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, buff, limy, has a few phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, blocky, even-bedded, fine-grained, upper surface hummocky and with "worm-borings," has "marklets"	3.0
Chanute shale.

134. NE cor. sec. 3, T. 18 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Wea shale.
Block limestone:
	Limestone, bluish-gray, dense, blocky	0.8
	Shale and interbedded thin limestone, gray, fossiliferous	1.2
	Limestone, gray, blocky, fine-grained	0.8
	Shale, gray, fossiliferous, has Cyclotrypa?, Marginifera wabashensis, etc.	0.3
	Limestone, gray, hard, has "marklets"	0.7
	Shale and thin limestone, gray	1.8
	Limestone, buff, granular, argillaceous, lower part covered

135. At the NE cor. sec. 2, T. 18 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, pinkish, and gray, crystalline, irregularly bedded, erosion remnant
Lane shale:
		Shale, olive-buff, argillaceous	16.0
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, even, thin-bedded, fine-grained	5.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, has phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, massive, "worm-borings" at the top, "marklets"	2.0
(Total Iola limestone, 7.2 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, olive and buff, argillaceous	8.0
		Sandstone, limy, buff, soft	2.0
		Shale, olive, argillaceous and arenaceous	5.5
		Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.2
		Shale, olive, argillaceous, underclay	5.0
		Shale, yellowish-green, marly, nodular, base covered	5+

136. About one fourth mile north of SE cor. sec. 2, T. 18 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Iola limestone:
	Limestone, basal bed (Paola) remaining, dark gray, fine-grained, blocky, has "worm-borings" and "marklets"	2.0
Chanute shale:
	Shale, buff and gray, arenaceous, flaky	20.0
	Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.2
	Shale, dark olive, argillaceous, underclay	5.5
	Shale, buff, limy; nodular	5.5
(Total Chanute shale, 312 feet)
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, olive-drab, massive, fine-grained, weathers brown, has abundant small crinoid segments	2.0
Wea-Quivira interval:
	Shale, gray and buff, arenaceous, not well exposed	11+

137. About one fourth mile west of the NE cor. sec. 36, T. 17 S., R, 23 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, whitish, coarsely crystalline, irregularly bedded, erosion remnant
Lane shale:
		Shale, gray and buff, argillaceous, slightly arenaceous in places	20.0
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, thin-bedded, even, fine-grained, poorly exposed	5.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, with numerous phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark-gray, sugary, "worm-borings" and "marklets," hummocky at top	2.0
(Total Iola limestone, 7.2 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, buff and gray, arenaceous	22+

138. About one fourth mile west of NE cor. sec. 25, T. 17 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, whitish, cherty, wavy-bedded, coarsely crystalline, upper part gone	4+
Lane shale:
	Shale, buff and gray, argillaceous	20.0
Iola limestone.

139. East of NW cor. sec. 25, T. 17 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, whitish, crystalline, wavy-bedded, weathers buff, mostly eroded
Lane shale:
		Shale, buff and olive, argillaceous	20.0
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, thin-bedded, even, weathers brown, fine-grained, fossiliferous, about	7.5
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, has phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, sugary, has "worm-borings" at the top, "marklets"	2.5
(Total Iola limestone, 102 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, covered	33.0
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, brown, massive, fine-grained, weathers in thin laminae, has many small crinoid segments	2.0
Wea-Quivira shale.

140. At NW cor. sec.. 24, T. 17 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Iola limestone.
Chanute shale:
	Sandstone, buff, and sandy shale, even-bedded, micaceous	14.0
	Shale, argillaceous, gray, sandy in places	5.5
	Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.3
	Shale, gray, argillaceous, blocky, underclay	4.0
	Shale, ferruginous, limy, with limonite concretions	2.0
	Shale, olive and buff, arenaceous, platy	8.0
(Total Chanute shale, 33.8 feet)
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, drab and brown, massive, ferruginous, has many small crinoid segments	2.5
Wea-Quivira shale.

141. About three tenths of a mile west of the NE cor. sec. 14, T. 17 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, white, coarsely crystalline, erosion remnant
Lane shale:
		Shale, covered	38+
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, thin-bedded, even, sugary, has many productids	6.5
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, contains phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, sugary, "worm-borings," "marklets," upper surface hummocky	2.5
(Total Iola limestone, 9.2 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, covered	9.0
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, brown, drab where fresh, massive, in one layer, fine-grained, has many small crinoid segments	2.5
Wea-Quivira shale.

142. At the SE cor. sec. 10, T. 17 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, whitish, coarsely granular, irregularly bedded, blocky bed at base, upper part eroded	6+
Lane shale:
		Shale, covered	33.0
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, fine-grained, thin-bedded, even, fossiliferous	7.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, covered, with phosphatic nodules	0.2+
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, upper part bluish-gray, lithographic, with "marklets" and "worm-borings," lower part dark-gray and sugary	1.5
(Total Iola limestone, 8.7± feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, covered	8.5
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, brown, ferruginous, massive, has many small crinoid segments	2.5
Wea-Quivira shale:
		Shale, olive and gray, argillaceous, mostly covered	32.0
Block limestone:
		Limestone, dark gray, fine-grained, even-bedded, blocky, some thin shale partings, base covered	5+

143. About one fourth of a mile west of NE cor. sec. 19, T. 17 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, whitish, crystalline above; brown, ferruginous below, shattery	7+
Lane shale:
	Shale, olive-buff, argillaceous above grading to arenaceous below	10.0
	Sandstone, micaceous, buff	0.2
	Shale, buff, arenaceous, flaky	5.0
	Sandstone, buff, micaceous	0.2
	Shale, buff, arenaceous, micaceous, flaky	6.0
	Sandstone, buff, even-bedded, micaceous	2.0
	Shale, olive-drab to buff, argillaceous, only slightly sandy	82.0
(Total Lane shale, 105.4 feet)
Iola limestone.

144. Near center sec. 29, T. 16 S., R. 24 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, white, thick-bedded, irregular, coarsely crystalline, with brown inclusions of limonite, upper part eroded, basal bed blocky, gray, fine-grained	12+
Lane shale:
	Shale, olive-buff, argillaceous, uniform, base covered	50+

145. Road cut at SE cor. sec. 14, T. 16 S., R. 24 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, brown and whitish, thin-bedded, irregular, with shaly partings, cherty, upper part eroded	16+
	Limestone, whitish and pink, mottled brown, fine-grained with larger calcite specks, massive	7.0
Lane shale:
	Shale, covered	38+

146. At NE cor. sec. 14, T. 16 S., R. 24 E.		Feet
Bonner Springs shale.
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, white and massive at the top; thin-bedded and wavy with ferruginous shaly partings and chert nodules below, Dielasma bovidens, Marginifera sp., and Echinoconchus semipunctatus	22.0
	Limestone, light-gray, thick-bedded, even, massive, coarse grains in a fine matrix	6.0
(Total Wyandotte limestone, 28.0 feet)
Lane shale:
	Shale, olive, argillaceous, lower part covered	8+

147. At the SE cor. sec. 30, T. 17 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, whitish to pink, soft, irregularly-bedded, crystalline, with a single layer of blocky, gray limestone at base, upper part eroded	4+
Lane shale:
		Shale, olive-drab, argillaceous, flaky	23.0
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, blocky, sugary, weathers buff and mottled, even-bedded, has many productids	5.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, with phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark bluish-gray, sugary, upper part with "worm-borings," has a few "marklets"	2.0
(Total Iola limestone, 7.2 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, covered, argillaceous, greenish	37.0
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, brown, ferruginous, massive, has many small crinoid segments, only upper surface exposed

148. At the NW cor. sec. 31, T. 17 S., R. 24 E.		Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Limestone, gray, hard, cherty, contains spines of Echinocrinus sp., Triticites irregularis, and many silicified specimens of Heliospongia ramosa, erosion remnant
Bonner Springs shale:
	Shale, greenish, argillaceous, mostly covered	12±
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, light gray, upper part thin-bedded and cherty, lower half massive, wavy-bedded, crystalline, with a single blocky layer at the base	12.5
Lane shale:
	Shale, drab to light-olive, argillaceous, uniform	22.0
Iola limestone:
	Limestone, dark gray, sugary, even-bedded, with bluish-gray, dense, blocky bed (Paola) at the base, contains "worm-borings" and "marklets," base covered	7+

149. About one fourth of a mile west of the SE cor. sec. 31, T. 17 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Iola limestone.
	Raytown limestone, Muncie Creek shale, covered.
		Limestone, whitish, sugary, erosion remnant
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, fine-grained, has phosphatic nodules at the upper surface, has "worm-borings" and "marklets"	1.0
Chanute shale:
		Shale, gray and buff, argillaceous	3.0
		Shale and sandstone, buff, micaceous	22.0
		Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.2
		Shale, olive, argillaceous	13.0
(Total Chanute shale, 382 feet)
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, brown, or greenish where fresh, massive, has many small crinoid segments, lower part covered	2+

150. At the south. side of the SW one fourth sec. 6, T. 18 S., R. 24 E., type locality of Block limestone		Feet
Chanute shale:
	Shale, greenish-gray and buff, upper part eroded	11+
	Coal, soft, impure	0.05
	Sandstone and shale, buff, less sandy at top	11.0
	Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.25
	Shale, dark olive, argillaceous, underclay	4.0
	Shale, greenish-buff, limy, nodular	9.0
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, brown, drab where fresh, massive, has many small crinoid segments	2.0
Wea-Quivira shale:
	Shale, gray, argillaceous, some maroon shale near the top, poorly exposed	19.0
	Sandstone, brown, fine, slabby	1±
	Shale, mostly covered, trace of maroon in the middle, olive-buff at the top	27.0
Block limestone:
(Total Wea-Quivira shale, 47.0± feet)
	Limestone, bluish-gray, fine-grained, blocky, has Syringopora sp. and Triticites sp.	5.0
Fontana shale:
	Shale, gray and buff, argillaceous	13.0
Dennis limestone:
	Limestone, black, dense at top, with zone of Composita sp. (giant variety), Triticites irregularis, Derbya crassa, Dictyoclostus portlockianus var. crassicostatus, Juresania nebraskensis, Neospirifer dunbari, etc., gray and even-bedded below, cherty	10+

151. At the east side of the SE one fourth sec. 6, T. 18 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, whitish, irregularly-bedded, crystalline, veined, with a single blocky gray layer at the base	10+
Lane shale:
		Shale, olive, argillaceous, uniform	19.0
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, sugary, even-bedded, blocky, fossiliferous	5.5
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, with a few phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, fine-grained, "worm-borings" at the top and "marklets," hummocky at the top	3.0
(Total Iola limestone, 8.7 feet)
Chanute shale.

152. Center of the south edge sec. 18, T. 18 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, light gray, thin-bedded, even, oolitic at the top with some chert oolites, lower part coarse, very cherty, zone of silicified pleurotomarids thirteen feet from the base in a lithographic light-gray bed	28+
	Stark shale member:
		Shale, gray above, argillaceous, black, fissile at the base	6.0
Galesburg shale:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	5.0
Swope limestone:
	Bethany Falls limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, mottled, nodular, upper half made of loose nodules, soft	1.0
		Limestone, light gray, dense, siliceous?	2.0
		Limestone, thin-bedded, gray, a small amount of chert	7.5
		Limestone, gray, blocky, sugary	1.0
		Shale, buff, fossiliferous	0.2
		Limestone, gray, hard, an occasional nodule of gray chert	1.3
		Shale, buff, fossiliferous	0.2
		Limestone, gray, hard, blocky, sugary, even	1.6
(Total Bethany Falls limestone member, 14.8 feet)
	Hushpuckney shale member:
		Shale, upper half gray, argillaceous, lower half black, fissile, carbonaceous	5.5
	Middle Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, derise, blocky, even, in two layers, has fucoids?, Derbya crassa, Chonetes cf. armatus	1.3
Ladore shale:
		Shale, gray and buff, argillaceous, poorly exposed	12±
Sniabar limestone:
		Limestone, drab, soft, granular, massive, in a single layer, base covered	4+

153. Just west of the NE cor. sec. 11, T. 18 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Wea-Quivira shale.
Block limestone:
	Limestone, bluish-gray, even, blocky, a few thin shaly partings, about	6.0
Fontana shale:
	Shale, gray to buff, argillaceous, flaky, ferruginous streak near the base	14.5
Dennis limestone:
	Limestone, black and dark-gray, even, fine-grained, zone of Derbya crassa, Composita sp. (very large), Triticites irregularis	6.0
	Limestone, dark-gray, even, thin-bedded, separated from the above by a thin shale parting, very fossiliferous	6.0
	Shale and thin soft limestone, buff	5.8
	Limestone, gray, massive, even, black and gray chert nodules, lower part covered	6+

154. About one fourth mile east of SW cor. sec, 22, T. 18 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Fontana shale.
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray above with Composita sp. and Derbya crassa, cherty oolite at the middle and fine-grained, light gray below	6.0
		Limestone, bluish-gray, mottled	0.5
		Limestone, light gray, fine-grained, even, thin-bedded, blocky	5.0
		Limestone, light gray, fine-grained, even, thin-bedded, blocky, has white and gray chert nodules, veined	5.5
		Limestone, gray, massive, even-bedded, veined, has many productids	11.0
(Total Winterset limestone member, 28.0 feet)
Galesburg-Stark interval:
		Shale, mostly covered, black, fissile below the middle	9.0
Swope limestone:
	Bethany Falls limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, massive, oolitic, cross-bedded, massive, weathers in large, pitted, gray masses	4.5
		Limestone, gray, shaly, thin-bedded	6.0
		Limestone, gray, massive, weathers shattery	5.5
		Limestone, gray, blocky, with an occasional chert nodule	0.8
		Shale, buff, limy	0.3
		Limestone, buff, wavy	0.1
		Shale, buff	0.05
		Limestone, gray, blocky, weathers drab to buff, has "worm-borings" at the top	1.3
(Total Bethany Falls limestone member, 18.55 feet)
	Hushpuckney shale member:
		Shale, black soft, carbonaceous	1.8
		Shale, black, hard, fissile, has fish scales and skin impressions, phosphatic nodules, lower part covered	1+

155. Just north of the SW cor. sec. 24, T. 18 S., R. 24 E.		Feet
Chanute shale.
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, drab, massive, has many small crinoid segments	2±
Wea-Quivira shale:
	Shale, olive-buff, argillaceous	7.0
	Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.0
	Shale, olive-drab, argillaceous, with a layer of calcareous nodules near the top, lower part covered	8+

156. Just east of the SW cor. sec 24, T. 18 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, crystalline, even, upper part eroded	5+
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, with phosphatic nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, some "worm-borings," a few "marklets," weathers corrugated	1.5
Chanute shale:
		Shale, buff, argillaceous	4.0
		Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.3
		Shale, drab, argillaceous, sandy near base	12.0
(Total Chanute shale, 16.3 feet)
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, buff, massive, has many small crinoid segments	2+

157. At NE cor. sec. 10, T. 19 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Galesburg shale.
Swope limestone:
	Bethany Falls limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, soft, massive oolitic	2.0
		Limestone, thin-bedded, even, whitish, some small nodules of gray chert, not very fossiliferous	15.0
		Limestone, gray, blocky, hard	1.5
		Limestone, gray, interbedded with buff shale	3.5
(Total Bethany Falls limestone member, 22.0 feet)
	Hushpuckney shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	3.5
		Shale, black, hard, fissile	1.5
(Total Hushpuckney shale member 5.0 feet)
	Middle Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, dense, blocky, brittle, in two layers, fucoids? at the base	1.7
Ladore shale:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	5.5
Sniabar limestone:
		Limestone, light gray, weathers light brown, massive, sugary, lower part covered	3+

158. About one fourth mile north of the SE cor. sec. 10, T. 19 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Swope limestone:
	Bethany Falls limestone member
	Hushpuckney shale member:
		Shale, upper part gray, argillaceous, lower one and one half feet black, fissile	4.5
	Middle Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, dense, in two layers	1.7
Ladore shale:
		Shale, covered	5.0
Sniabar limestone:
		Limestone, brown, gray where fresh, massive, ferruginous, fine-grained	5.0
Bourbon shale:
		Shale, bluish-gray, streaked with yellow, upper one foot greenish	5.5
		Shale, buff, nodular, slightly greenish	2.5
		Limestone, brown, nodular	0.5
		Shale, greenish-buff, argillaceous, slightly sandy in places	9.5
		Sandstone, buff, massive, soft	4±
		Sandstone and arenaceous shale, buff, mostly covered	24+

159. Just west of the SE cor. sec. 36, T. 19 S., R. 24 E., Linn County, about two and one half miles east of La Cygne. Type exposure of the Middle Creek limestone.			Feet
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, thin-bedded, crystalline, veined, many large nodules of gray chert, mostly eroded	7+
		Limestone, buff, even and interbedded, shale	1.3
	Stark shale member:
		Shale, buff and, gray, limy	4.5
		Shale, black, fissile, hard, with a few phosphatic concretions	2.7
(Total Stark shale member, 7.2 feet)
Galesburg shale:
		Shale, buff, calcareous, hard	0.3
		Shale, buff, limy, nodular	2.3
Swope limestone:
	Bethany Falls limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, with loose calcareous nodules at the top, oolitic, massive, with peculiar vertical cylindrical cavities lined with iron-stained calcite	3+
		Limestone, thin-bedded, light-gray, even, mottled and fine-grained above, crystalline below, a small amount of chert	10.0
		Shale, gray and buff, limy, hard	1.6
		Limestone, buff, argillaceous	0.2
		Shale, gray, limy, fossiliferous	0.3
		Limestone, gray, soft, impure	0.4
(Total Bethany Falls limestone member, 15.5± feet)
	Hushpuckney shale member:
		Shale, black, carbonaceous, soft, flaky	3.0
		Shale, black, fissile, hand	2.0
		Shale, gray, limy	0.4
(Total Hushpuckney shale member, 5.4 feet)
	Middle Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, dense, in two even layers, blocky, has small brachiopods and at the base fucoids?	1.8
Ladore shale:
		Shale, buff, argillaceous and limy	1.0
		Shale, gray above and olive below, argillaceous	4.5
(Total Ladore shale, 5.5 feet)
Sniabar limestone:
		Limestone, brown or where fresh drab, massive, granular at the top with Osagia	6.0
Bourbon shale:
		Shale, olive-drab, argillaceous, with limestone nodules	3.5
		Limestone, pale buff, nodular, soft	2.3
		Shale, buff, nodular, limy, covered

160. About one fourth mile south. of the NE cor. sec. 17, T. 18 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Chanute shale.
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, brown, ferruginous, granular, thin-bedded	1+
	Limestone, brown to drab, massive, fine-grained, has many small crinoid segments	1.8
Wea-Quivira shale.

161. About one fourth mile south. of the NW cor. sec. 7, T. 18 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Iola limestone.
Chanute shale:
	Shale, olive, limy, mostly covered	22.0
	Shale, maroon, argillaceous	0.2
	Limestone, nodular, brown, soft	0.4
	Shale, olive-buff, argillaceous	8.0
(Total Chanute shale, 30.6 feet)
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, buff, massive, fine-grained, has many small crinoid segments	1.8
Quivira shale:
	Shale, gray, argillaceous, flaky	2.0
	Shale, black carbonaceous, fissile	1.0
Westerville limestone?:
	Limestone, gray, conglomeratic, with fossil fragments and limestone pebbles, crinoid segments numerous, very thin-bedded	2.3
Wea shale:
	Shale, olive, argillaceous, papery	2.0
	Shale, buff, limy, nodular, "marlite"	0.5
	Shale, olive, argillaceous, limy	3.0
	Shale, maroon, argillaceous, flaky, base covered	1±

162. At the SE cor. sec. 6, T. 18 S., R. 25 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, light gray, weathers buff, crystalline, heavy-bedded, even, upper part eroded	6+
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray and buff, limy, many phosphatic nodules	0.5
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, lithographic, "marklets" and Heterocoelia beedei	1.4
		Limestone, dark gray, fine-grained, blocky, with "marklets"	0.8
Chanute shale:
		Shale, buff, limy, argillaceous	1.3
		Limestone, dark gray, cross-bedded, granular, thinly laminated	1.7
		Sandstone, buff, limy, thin-bedded	1.5
		Coal, soft, impure (Thayer)	0.25
		Shale, dark olive, argillaceous, with intersecting veins of calcareous clay	5.0
		Shale, gray and buff, limy, hard, nodular

163. About one fourth mile north of the SE cor. sec. 18, T. 17 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, whitish and brown, cherty, thin-bedded, wavy, many thin shaly partings, crystalline, upper part eroded	14+
	Limestone, gray, fine-grained, thick-bedded	3.0
Lane shale:
	Shale, bluish-gray, argillaceous.

164. Center east side sec. 6, T. 17 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, thin-bedded, wavy, gray, weathers buff or is stained from the many ferruginous shaly partings, cherty, upper part eroded	10+
	Shale, buff above, gray below, fossiliferous, limy, zone of sponges below, including Heliospongia ramosa and Heterocoelia beedei	3.5
	Limestone, dark gray, fine-grained, even, has "marklets" and Heterocoelia beedei	1. 5
Lane shale:
	Shale and sandstone, hard, buff and gray	4.2
	Shale, gray, micaceous and slightly sandy, flaky, lower part covered	8+

165. North edge of sec. 4, T. 16 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Limestone, brown and gray, mostly eroded, cherty, with Heliospongia ramosa and Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis
Bonner Springs shale:
	Shale, olive, argillaceous, mostly covered	12.0
	Shale, buff, arenaceous, papery	16.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 28.0 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, whitish and buff, thin-bedded above and more massive below, wavy, oolitic at the basal layer	15.0
	Shale, gray, argillaceous (Island Creek?)	0.4
	Limestone, whitish, heavy-bedded, wavy, cherty, upper six inches oolitic, crystalline, base covered	11+

166. Section at road cut, SE cor. sec. 31, T. 16 S., R. 24 E.		Feet
Chanute shale:
	Shale, covered.
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, brown and drab, cross-bedded, granular, in thin beds	4.0
	Limestone and limy shale, gray, fossiliferous	1.0
	Limestone, massive, ferruginous, buff	3.2
(Total Drum limestone, 8.2 feet)
Quivira shale:
	Shale, gray and buff, argillaceous	1.5
	Shale, black, fissile, hard	2.0
(Total Quivira shale, 3.5 feet)
Wea shale:
	Shale, gray, argillaceous, blocky	3.0
	Shale, sandy, papery, buff, base covered	5+

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